Loss, Suffering, and Sorrow: Time for Gaining Strength and Insight
So you’ve hit bottom. You’ve tried everything and worked yourself to the bone trying to make things right. But no matter what you just can’t get off the ground. You’re stuck. So let’s talk about it because few will.
There’s so much talk out there today about being positive that people forget that [...]
To Achieve One Must Suffer the Insufferable and Endure the Unendurable
Thomas Jefferson lost his father when he was fourteen, his mother at thirty-three, his oldest sister at twenty-two, his wife after their sixth child, and was survived only by one child. Jefferson even states at one point that he had lost everything that was ever near and dear to him, yet he is known today [...]
Don’t Do More Than You Need to Succeed: Your Anxiety Will Tell You When Enough is Enough
We’ve all heard the terms of praise for the hard worker, the achiever: go getter; dynamo; spark plug; workhorse; mover and shaker; eager beaver.
But as you work hard and often, how much is too much? And in doing too much, do you really gain greater opportunity or lose ground?
Sometimes, in our enthusiasm to achieve-maybe even [...]
The Power of Negative Thinking: Your Successful Attitude is Arbitrary and Fleeting
Today’s popular appeal in the self-improvement industry is to the power of positive thinking. As a matter of fact, Dr. Peale’s book The Power of Positive Thinking, the main encourager of this phenomenon, will help you learn:
How to eliminate that most devastating handicap — self doubt
How to free yourself from worry, stress and [...]
Learning to Think Like Da Vinci Will Aid You in Your Career and Life
In the History Channel’s Da Vinci and the Code, the code has nothing to do with Dan Brown’s work but refers instead to Da Vinci’s work ethic, curiosity, and, most importantly, the discipline needed to keep working and moving forward, even through tumultuous times–in 15 th century Italy life was little valued, especially if you [...]
Want to Excel in Career and Life? Memory: Learn How to Work It
“Memory is the mother of all wisdom” Aeschylus, founder of Greek tragedy.
You’ve probably heard the hype made by companies promising an amazing’ memory: learn how to increase your memory ten fold; never forget another name again; weeks, months, years later recall at will all that you’ve seen; on and on the promises go. But unless [...]
Choosing a New Career: Why a Career Coach is Your Best Option
If you’ve been out of high school for some time, I’d like you to think back to that time. For those who’ve graduated more recently, not as challenging a task, of course. Nevertheless, in all likelihood, you are probably like most in that you didn’t receive much help in matching a career with personal interests. [...]
Critical, Creative, Intuitive Thinking: All You’ll Ever Need in Life
Looking to impress that special someone?
Need to build a new cabinet under the kitchen sink?
Need to make a career change?
It’s a bedtime story you need?
Have to make an important political decision?
Got an exam you’ve got to pass?
On and on and on it goes. All begins in thought. Everything under the sun began as an imagined [...]
Tapping into Your Own, Unique Self-Help Guru: How to Make the Universe Work for You
Or How to Find the Airport when You’re Lost and Don’t Have Time to Stop and Ask for Directions
One day, I was rushing to get my wife to the airport on time. Since it was an international flight, the general rule-according to my wife-is to get there three hours before the flight’s scheduled departure [...]
Book Review: The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (December 2006)
OK, it’s good, and it beats Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by 57 (Jack’s has 64). Well, it’s actually 56 because Covey came out with an eight habit. So right off the bat here, you can see that if you’re a person who is easily overwhelmed, buy Covey’s book and steer clear [...]
